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The impact of using produced water for plant irrigation and its effects on plants and soil characteristics
(2017 , Master Thesis)
In this study, locally produced water was physically and chemically characterized. The results showed high concentration of total dissolved solids (TDS), chloride, sodium, boron ions and sodium adsorption ratio as 300, ...
THE ROLE OF TWITTER HASHTAGS IN GULF STATES
(2016 , Master Thesis)
Traditional and state-controlled media in the Arabian Gulf have always been censored and controlled. Therefore, social media, such as Twitter, have replaced the traditional media and the way media is handled. Twitter has ...
Radiation-free imaging for distal hole targeting in Intramedullary nailing
(2017 , Master Thesis)
Orthopedic surgeons are routinely faced with long-bone fractures. Their preferred surgical procedure for dealing with such cases is Intra-Medullary Nailing (IMN). The aforementioned surgery usually involves alignment of ...
MEASURING GEOMETRICAL TORTUOSITY OF POROUS MEDIA FROM 3D COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES
(2017 , Master Thesis)
Tortuosity is an important parameter that has a significant impact on many environmental processes and applications. Flow in porous media, diffusion of gases in complex pore structures, and transmembrane flux in water ...
QATARI YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT: EVALUATING QATARI GOVERNMENTAL INITIATIVES: QATARIZATION POLICY THROUGH BEDAYA CENTER
(2016 , Master Thesis)
Youth unemployment in the MENA region has become a case of academic interest and debate. More specifically, youth unemployment in Qatar has become one of the most controversial challenges for the economic development of ...
حوكمة الشركات العائلية في دولة قطر: التحديات والبدائل
(2017 , Master Thesis)
تناولت هذه الدّراسة مدى إمكانية تطبيق قواعد الحوكمة على الشركات العائلية حتّى تتمكّن من تجاوز مُختلف الصّعوبات التي تُواجهها أثناء حياتها، لاسيما ديمومة الشركة العائلية وانتقالها بين الأجيال المتعاقبة بِحُكم أنّ هذا النوع ...
IN-DEPTH CHARACTERIZATION OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES USING QUANTITATIVE PROTEOMICS
(2016 , Master Thesis)
As they home in on injured tissue, modulate the immune system and support tissue repairing, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are considered a promising tool for many therapeutic applications. In vitro, MSCs have been shown ...
ROBUST RESOURCE INVESTMENT PROBLEM WITH TIME-DEPENDENT RESOURCE COST AND TARDINESS PENALTY
(2016 , Master Thesis)
The Resource Investment Problem (RIP) is a variant of the well-known Resource Constraint Project Scheduling Problem (RCPSP) that requires finding the optimal resource allocation, given a preset completion date, with the ...
ICT INDUSTRY INTEGRATED CURRICULA: TOWARDS AN ONTOLOGY BASED COMPETENCY MODEL
(2017 , Master Thesis)
As technology advances rapidly, the ever changing industry needs for skills and competencies keeps changing in efforts to seize the nearest competitive advantage. This creates a great burden on higher education institutions ...
Features Ranking Techniques for Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Data
(2017 , Master Thesis)
Identifying biomarkers like single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is an important topic in biomedical applications. Such SNPs can be associated with an individual’s metabolism of drugs, which make these SNPs targets for ...